Members
Principal Investigator
Zheng Chen (陈政), Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of NanoEngineering
Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, 2016.6-2022.6
Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2016.6
PhD, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA, 2012.12
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2007.7
Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, 2021
Emerging Investigator, Chemical Communication, 2020
Invited to US-China Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, 2019
NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2018
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2018
Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018
LG Chem BIC Award, 2017
Scialog Fellow in Advanced Energy Storage, 2017-2019
Postdoctoral Scholars
Mingqian Li, (Postdoc, 2021.10- now)
PhD: UC San Diego, 2016.9-2021.6
BS. Hefei University of Technology, 2016
Email: mil282@eng.ucsd.edu
Tae Hee Kim, (Postdoc, 2021.10- now)
PhD: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Engineering (KAIST), 2016.03-2020.08
MS: KAIST, 2014.03-2016.02
BS. Hanyang University, 2008.03-2014.02
Email: xogml8909@gmail.com
Wei Tang, (Postdoc, 2022.8- now)
PhD: New Mexico State University, 2018.08-2022.06
MS: Central South University, 2015.08-2018.6
BS. Lanzhou University, 2011.08-2015.06
Email: wet003@ucsd.edu
Yuju Jeon, (Postdoc, 2022.10- now)
Postdoc: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2021.09-2022.10
PhD: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2014.03-2021.08
BS: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2010.02-2014.02
Email: yujeon@ucsd.edu
Graduate Students
John Jaeun Holoubek (PhD student, 2018.9- )
BS. Oregon State University, 2018
Email: jholoube@eng.ucsd.edu
Hongpeng Gao (PhD student, 2018.9- )
MS. Stanford University, 2018
BS. Tsinghua Universtiy, 2016
Email: h1gao@eng.ucsd.edu
Yijie(Jackie) Yin (PhD student, 2018.9- )
B.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Email: yyijie@eng.ucsd.edu
Yu-Ting Chen (PhD student, 2019.9-)
B.S./M.S. National Taiwan University, 2017/2019
Email: yuc054@eng.ucsd.edu
Xiaolu Yu (PhD student, 2019.9- )
M.Eng University of California at Berkeley, 2019
B.S. Southern University of Science and Technology
Email: yxiaolu@eng.ucsd.edu
Varun Gupta (PhD student, 2020.9- )
M.S.-Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2020
B.S.-University of Delhi,
Email: vagupta@ucsd.edu
Junlin Wu (PhD student, 2021.6- )
M.A. University of Virginia, 2020
M.E. Tsinghua University, 2018
B.S. Central South University, 2014
Email: juw039@ucsd.edu
Dong Ju Lee (PhD Student, 2022.7- now)
BS/MS: UC San Diego, 2017.9 - 2022.6
Email: dol004@ucsd.edu
Maura Appleberry (PhD Student, 2022.8- now)
TPM: Titan Advanced Energy Solutions, 2020.3-2022.7
BS: Boston University, 2019.
Email: mappleberry@ucsd.edu
Sujoy Shivde (Master Student, 2022.6- now)
BT: College of Engineering Pune, 2017.8- 2021.6.
Email: sshivde@ucsd.edu
Dapeng Xu (PhD Student, 2022.8- now)
MS. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2016.9- 2018.6)
BT: Tianjin University (2012.8- 2016.6)
Email: dax003@ucsd.edu
Lanshuang Zhang (PhD Student, 2022.9- now)
MS. University of Chinese Academy of Science (2016.9- 2022.6)
BT: Nankai University (2015.9- 2019.6)
Email: Laz006@ucsd.edu
Aishwarya Ravisankar (Master Student, 2021.10- now)
Email: aravisan@ucsd.edu
B. Tech. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, (2015-2019)
Visiting Scholars
Jungpil Lee (2021.04- now)
LG Energy Solutions
Email: jplee0711@naver.com
Undergraduate Students
Simon Danitz
Email: sdanitz@ucsd.edu
B.S. UCSD (2020-)
Duc Tran (2020.09- now)
Email: dht003@ucsd.edu
B.S. UCSD (2020-2023)
Kunpeng (Gary) Yu (2021.10 - now)
Email: kuyu@ucsd.edu
B.S. UCSD (2020-2023)
Jianting (Jane) Qin (2022.5 - now)
Email: j4qin@ucsd.edu
B.S. UCSD (2020-2024)
High School Students
Elaine Dong (2021.10 - now)
Email: ElaineFeiDong@gmail.com
Canyon Crest Academy
Group Alumni
Guorui Cai, (Postdoc, 2019.7- now)
PhD: University of Science and Technology of China, 2019
Email: gcai@eng.ucsd.edu
Current Position: Postdoc at UMD
Kangwoon Kim (Master student, 2020.9- )
B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Email: kak006@ucsd.edu
Current position: Tyfast
Sara Mohammadiasl (2021.6- )
Email: smohamma@ucsd.edu
B.S. UCSD (2020-2022)
Ali Nekouei (2021.10 - now)
Email: anekouei@ucsd.edu
B.S. UCSD, class of (2020-2022)
Professor Yung Ho Kahng (2020-2021)
Department of Physics Education, Chonnam National University
Email: yhkahng@jnu.ac.kr/yhkahng@gmail.com
Serena Low
Email: slow@ucsd.edu
B.S. UCSD (2020-2021)
Current: personal interest.
Satchit Rose (MS student, 09/2019-06/2021 )
B.T. National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal , 2019
Email: sarose@eng.ucsd.edu
Current Position: Intel
Darren Tan (PhD student, 2017-2021)
B.S. National University of Singapore, 2017
Email: dht020@eng.ucsd.edu
Current Position: CEO of Unigrid
Qiaowan Chang (PhD student, 2017- 2021)
M.S. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.S. Tianjin University
Email: q2chang@eng.ucsd.edu
Current Position: Postdoc in Columbia University
Panpan Xu, (Postdoc, 2019- 2020)
PhD: Harbin Engineering University, 2019
Email: p1xu@eng.ucsd.edu
Current Position: Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), CAS
Yoongyo Cho (Postdoc, 2019-2020)
PhD: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2019
Email: jyg227@gmail.com
Current Position: LGES
Dawei Xia (Master student: 2019-2020)
B.S. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2019
Current position: PhD, Virginia Tech.
Mingyu Yu (Master student: 2019-2020)
B.S. Xiaomen University, 2019
Current position: PhD, University of Delaware
Tae Hee Han, Ph.D. (visiting scholar, 2019-2020)
Associate Professor, Hanyang University
E-mail: than@hanyang.ac.kr
Dongdong Wang (visiting PhD student, 2017-2019)
Tianjin University
Email: wangdd@tju.edu.cn
Current position: Shangdong University
Pranjal Bhaladhare (MS student, 2018-2019)
BS.Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, 2018
Email: pbhaladh@eng.ucsd.edu
Current position: Apple Inc.
Ying Zhang (visiting PhD student, 2017- 2019)
Central South University
Email: zymissyou777@163.com
Current position: Zhengzhou University
Iva Robb (undergraduate, 2018-2019)
B.S. UCSD (2019)
Email: robb.iva.m@gmail.com
Current position: Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Yang Shi, (Postdoc, 2016-2019)
PhD: UCSD, 2016 (with Dr. Yu Qiao)
Email: yas021@eng.ucsd.edu
Current Position: Tesla
Fei Ji (Master student, 2016-2018)
B.S. Soochow University, 2016
Email: f4ji@eng.ucsd.edu
Current position: PhD in UC Riverside
Khyati Shah, (MS student, 2016-2018 )
BS, Nirma University, 2016
Email: kps001@eng.ucsd.edu
Current position: Intel
Jie Fang, (MS student, 2016-2018 )
BS, Shenzhen University, 2016
Email: jif072@eng.ucsd.edu
Current position: Research Associate at Beyond Meat
Shang Gao (MS student, 2016-2017)
BS. China Agricultural University, 2016
Email: shg080@eng.ucsd.edu
Shengli Jiang (UCSD, BS, class 2018)
Email: shj022@ucsd.edu
Current position: PhD student at University of Wisconsin
Yoo J. Jung, (UCSD, BS, Class 2018)
Email: yjung@ucsd.edu
Riley Pu, (BS. UCSD, Class 2020)
Email: puz001@ucsd.edu
Current Position: PhD student at Stanford University (Advisor: Yi Cui)
Ning Wang, Ph.D (visiting scholar, 2017-2018)
Associate Professor
Hebei Normal University
Email: hebsjzwn@gmail.com
Kun Wang (visiting PhD student, 2017- 2018)
Beihang University
Email: wangkun278@gmail.com
Huanqing Guan, July-Sep, 2017
Undergraduate student
Peking University
Email: guanhuanqin@pku.edu.cn
Current position: PhD in Brown University
Alba Martínez, BS, Mar-June 2017.
Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain)
Email: alba.martinez.94@outlook.com